What a difference four months makes! Back in March, Susan Boyle was unemployed and struggling just to get by, but now, at the age of 48, she’s about to buy her first house. The sensational ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ runner-up marched into the local council office in her native Scotland and told them how she planned to spend her music royalties.
Says her brother, Gerry Boyle, “Susan told them that although she was living in London, she didn’t want them to rent her house to anyone else.” Susan was born in the small house where she continued to live until she found instant fame on the reality TV show.
More than 275 million people have now viewed her clips on YouTube and President Barack obama was even forced to switch a recent TV appearance as it clashed with an exclusive interview with Susan. But Susan hasn’t forgotten her Scottish hometown of Blackburn or her original house, which is why she wants to purchase it. Says Gerry, “She will never forget her roots.”